“Willis kept us off balance. He threw some changeups. We couldn’t handle him. The game was a little bit harder than it looked. We were having a hard time scoring off him.” — Phillies skipper Charlie Manuel

“I’ve walked guys before and they haven’t scored. You just have to make better pitches and kind of erase that and try not to let them put a crooked number on the board, which I didn’t. It’s just tough because you’re going against somebody that was pitching a lot better than you. Once I walk a guy or a base hit, I let it go and move on to the next guy.” — Dontrelle Willis, who walked five. His two leadoff walks to Shane Victorino led to runs.

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